Warner
Encyclopedia
Surname
- Albert WarnerAlbert WarnerAaron "Albert" Warner was a Polish-born American film executive who was one of the founders of Warner Bros. Studios. He established the production studio with his brothers Harry, Sam, and Jack Warner...
(1883–1967), one of the founders of Warner Bros. Studios - Amelia WarnerAmelia WarnerAmelia Warner is an English actress and songwriter. As of October 2011, Warner is a signed musician to Island Records and works under the name, 'Slow Moving Millie'.-Early life:...
(born 1982), British actress - Amy Warner (soccer)Amy Warner (soccer)Amy Warner is an American soccer player who graduated from Notre Dame as one of the top forwards in the history of the university...
(born 1981), soccer player who graduated from the University of Notre Dame - Augustine WarnerAugustine WarnerAugustine Warner , was born in Norwich, Norfolk, to Thomas Warner and Elizabeth Sotherton. He was the progenitor of the Augustine Warner Family, who arrived in Virginia in 1628 at the age of seventeen, one of a group of thirty-four brought in by Adam Thoroughgood...
(1611–74), Virginia colonial politician and farmer - Augustine Warner, Jr.Augustine Warner, Jr.Augustine Warner, Jr. was a Virginia politician and landowner. He served in the House of Burgesses 1666–77 and was its Speaker in two separate sessions in 1676 and 1677, before and after Bacon's Rebellion...
(c. 1642–1681), Virginia colonial politician, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses - Austin "Jack" Warner (born 1944), Trinidadian football administrator and FIFA Vice President
- Brian Warner (born 1969), musician, author, and director better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson
- Charles Dudley WarnerCharles Dudley WarnerCharles Dudley Warner was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.-Biography:...
(1829–1900), American essayist and novelist - Curt WarnerCurt WarnerCurtis Edward Warner is a former professional American football running back. A two-time All-American at Penn State University, Warner was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft...
(born 1961), American college and professional football running back - Sir Courtenay Warner, 1st BaronetSir Courtenay Warner, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner, 1st Baronet CB was a politician in the United Kingdom, who served as Member of Parliament for North Somerset from 1892 to 1895, and for Lichfield from 1896 to 1923....
(1857–1934) was a politician in the United Kingdom - David Warner (actor)David Warner (actor)David Warner is an English actor who is known for playing both romantic leads and sinister or villainous characters, both in film and animation...
(born 1941),English actor who often plays sinister characters - Deborah WarnerDeborah WarnerDeborah Warner CBE is a British director of theatre and opera known for her interpretations of the works of Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht, Georg Büchner, and Henrik Ibsen, and for her long-term working relationship with the Irish actress Fiona Shaw.-Early years:Warner was born in Oxfordshire,...
(born 1959), British director of theatre and opera - Ed Warner (basketball)Ed Warner (basketball)Edward L. Warner was an American college basketball player. He was one of the stars of the 1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team, the only team to win both the NCAA tournament and the National Invitation Tournament in the same year...
(1929-2002), American college basketball player - Ezra WarnerEzra WarnerEzra J. Warner of Waterbury, Connecticut was an American inventor, who patented his design of a can opener in 1858. Crudely shaped bayonet and sickle combo, his design was widely accepted by the U.S...
American Inventor - Fred M. WarnerFred M. WarnerFred Maltby Warner was an American politician. He served as the 26th Governor of Michigan from 1905 to 1911.-Birth in England and early life in Michigan:...
(1865–1923), 26th governor of Michigan - Glenn Scobey WarnerGlenn Scobey WarnerGlenn Scobey Warner , most commonly known as Pop Warner, was an American football player and coach...
("Pop" Warner) (1871–1954), American football coach - Harry WarnerHarry WarnerHarry Morris Warner was an American studio executive, one of the founders of Warner Bros., and a major contributor to the development of the film industry. Along with his three brothers Warner played a crucial role in the film business and played a key role in establishing Warner Bros...
(1881–1958), one of the founders of Warner Bros. Studios - Harry Warner, Jr.Harry Warner, Jr.Harry Warner, Jr. was an American journalist. He spent 40 years working for the Hagerstown, Maryland, Herald-Mail....
(1922–2003), science fiction fan and historian - H. B. WarnerH. B. WarnerH. B. Warner was a British actor.-Early life:He was born Henry Byron Charles Stewart Warner-Lickford in St John's Wood, London, England in 1875...
(1875–1958), an English actor - Jack WarnerJack WarnerJack Leonard "J. L." Warner , born Jacob Warner in London, Ontario, was a Canadian American film executive who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California...
(1892–1978), the president and driving force behind the highly successful development of Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood - Jack Warner (actor)Jack Warner (actor)Jack Warner OBE was an English film and television actor. He is closely associated with the role of PC George Dixon, which he played until the age of eighty....
(1896–1981), popular British film and television actor - Jack Warner (pitcher) (born 1940), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jackie WarnerJackie WarnerJackie Warner is an American fitness trainer best known for her participation in Work Out, a Bravo TV reality show. She owns Sky Sport and Spa, a gym and spa in Beverly Hills, California.- Professional life :...
, fitness trainer and reality TV star - John WarnerJohn WarnerJohn William Warner, KBE is an American Republican politician who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term United States Senator from Virginia from January 2, 1979, to January 3, 2009...
(born 1927), former United States Senator from Virginia - John Warner (writer/editor)John Warner (writer/editor)John Warner is an American writer and editor. He is the author of four books and the editor of McSweeney's Internet Tendency...
(born 1970), author, editor of McSweeney's Internet Tendency - Kurt WarnerKurt WarnerKurtis Eugene "Kurt" Warner is a retired American football player. He played quarterback for three National Football League teams: the St. Louis Rams, the New York Giants, and the Arizona Cardinals. He was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 1994 after playing...
(born 1971), NFL quarterback who is the league's all-time leader in completion percentage - Mark WarnerMark WarnerMark Robert Warner is an American politician and businessman, currently serving in the United States Senate as the junior senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Warner was the 69th governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006 and is the honorary chairman of...
(born 1954), United States Senator from Virginia and former governor of Virginia - Plum WarnerPlum WarnerSir Pelham Francis Warner MBE , affectionately and better known as Plum Warner, or even "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket was a Test cricketer....
(Sir Pelham Francis "Plum" Warner, 1873–1963), English cricketer - Rex WarnerRex WarnerRex Warner was an English classicist, writer and translator. He is now probably best remembered for The Aerodrome , an allegorical novel whose young hero is faced with the disintegration of his certainties about his loved ones and with a choice between the earthy, animalistic life of his home...
(1905–1986), English classicist, writer and translator - Sam WarnerSam WarnerSamuel Louis "Sam" Warner was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. Studios. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Jack Warner. Sam Warner is credited with procuring the technology that enabled Warner Bros...
, one of the founders of Warner Bros. Studios - Seth WarnerSeth WarnerSeth Warner was born in Roxbury, Connecticut. In 1763, he removed with his father to Bennington in what was then known as the New Hampshire Grants. He established there as a huntsman....
(1743–1784), huntsman - Susan WarnerSusan WarnerSusan Bogert Warner , was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works.-Biography:...
(1819–1885), American writer of religious fiction for young people - Sylvia Townsend WarnerSylvia Townsend WarnerSylvia Nora Townsend Warner was an English novelist and poet.-Life:Sylvia Townsend Warner was born at Harrow on the Hill, the only child of George Townsend Warner and his wife Eleanora Hudleston...
(1893–1978), English novelist and poet - Thomas Warner (explorer)Thomas Warner (explorer)Sir Thomas Warner was an explorer and a captain. He is famous for settling on Saint Kitts, the first English colony in the Caribbean in 1624.-Early life:...
(1580–1649), famous for settling on Saint Kitts and Nevis - Valentine WarnerValentine WarnerValentine Warner is a cook. He started his television career on the BBC in Autumn 2008 with What to Eat Now, a cookery programme based on his book of the same name....
(born 1972), chef and presenter - William Warner (poet)William Warner (poet)William Warner was an English poet.-Life:William Warner was born in London about 1558. He was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, but left the university without taking a degree. He practised in London as an attorney, and gained a great reputation among his contemporaries as a poet...
(c. 1558–1609) English poet - William Warner (Missouri)William Warner (Missouri)William Warner was an American lawyer and politician from Kansas City, Missouri. He represented Missouri in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was mayor of Kansas City in 1871-72....
(1840–1916) U.S. Congressman and Senator - William Lloyd Warner (1898–1970) American anthropologist
- William W. WarnerWilliam W. WarnerWilliam W. Warner was an American biologist and writer.Warner was a 1943 graduate of Princeton University. During World War II, Warner served in the Pacific Theater of operations as an aerial photograph analyst with a Marine air group.He was awarded the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction...
(born 1920) author, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1977
Fictional characters
- Yakko, Wakko, and DotYakko, Wakko, and DotYakko, Wakko and Dot Warner, also known as "The Warner Brothers " or "The Warner Siblings", or just simply "The Warners", are the three titular cartoon characters featured on the animated series Animaniacs. The trio of red-nosed Warner siblings were considered to be the stars of the ensemble of...
Warner, stars of the animated television series Animaniacs
Places
- Warner County No. 5, AlbertaWarner County No. 5, AlbertaThe County of Warner No. 5 is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada.It is located in Census Division 2, just north of the United States border. Warner was organised as a rural municipality since 1912, and established in the actual borders since 1954. The seat of the municipality is...
, Canada- Warner, AlbertaWarner, AlbertaWarner is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in County of Warner, approximately 65 km south of the city of Lethbridge. Warner is a farming community. Warner is situated at the intersection of Highway 4 and Highway 36, about 38 km north of the Montana border and...
, Canada- Warner elevator rowWarner elevator rowWarner elevator row is a row of historic wood-cribbed grain elevators with six elevators all standing in a row from south to north, alongside the Canadian Pacific Railway, that travels from Great Falls, Montana to Lethbridge, Alberta, on the east entrance of the village of Warner, Alberta, Canada...
, Warner, Alberta, Canada
- Warner elevator row
- Warner, Alberta
- Warner, New HampshireWarner, New HampshireWarner is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,833 at the 2010 census. The town is home to The College of Saint Mary Magdalen, Rollins State Park and Mount Kearsarge State Forest....
, USA - Warner, OklahomaWarner, OklahomaWarner is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,430 at the 2000 census. The town is also home to part of the Connors State College campus.-Geography:Warner is located at ....
, USA - Warner, South DakotaWarner, South DakotaWarner is a town in Brown County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 457 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Warner is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
, USA - Warner, QueenslandWarner, QueenslandWarner is a suburb north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region located 22 kilometres north of the Brisbane central business district. Warner is situated east of Lake Samsonvale and west of the urban localities of Strathpine, Brendale, Bray Park and...
, Australia
Businesses
- Time WarnerTime WarnerTime Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
, an American media conglomerate, formerly Warner Communications- Warner Bros.Warner Bros.Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
, a film and television production company
- Warner Bros.
- Warner Aircraft CorporationWarner Aircraft CorporationThe Warner Aircraft Corporation of Detroit, Michigan was the manufacturer of the Scarab family of radial engines for airplanes in 1928 through the early 1930s.-History:...
- Warner Books, a division of Hachette Book Group USA
- Warner Music GroupWarner Music GroupWarner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
is a record label group - Warner Bros.-Seven ArtsWarner Bros.-Seven ArtsWarner Bros.-Seven Arts was formed in 1967 and became defunct in 1970, when Seven Arts Productions acquired Jack Warner's controlling interest in Warner Bros. for $32 million and merged with it. The deal also included Warner Bros. Records, Reprise Records and the B&W Looney Tunes library...
- Warner-Lambert, now merged with Pfizer, a pharmaceutical company
- Warner Pacific CollegeWarner Pacific CollegeWarner Pacific College is an urban, Christian liberal arts college located in Southeast Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1937, the college is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities...
- Warner Southern CollegeWarner Southern CollegeWarner University is a co-educational, accredited private Christian liberal arts college in Lake Wales, Florida affiliated with the Church of God .- History :...
- Warner Theatre (Washington, D.C.)Warner Theatre (Washington, D.C.)The Warner Theatre is a theater located at 513 13th Street, N.W. in Downtown Washington, D.C.. The basement level is at 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue.-History:...
- Warner AtariAtariAtari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in...
- Warner Leisure HotelsWarner Leisure HotelsWarner Leisure Hotels is a private company owned by Bourne Leisure Limited who have 13 historical hotels located in various countryside and coastal regions of the UK....
UK Hotel chain
Record labels
- Warner AllianceWarner AllianceWarner Alliance was a Contemporary Christian imprint of Warner Music Group. Its operations were suspended in 1998. Artists on the label included Billy & Sarah Gaines, the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Caedmon's Call, Donnie McClurkin, First Call, Wayne Watson, Take 6, Mid South, and the Worldwide...
- Warner Bros. RecordsWarner Bros. RecordsWarner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
- Warner Curb RecordsWarner Curb RecordsWarner Curb Records was a joint venture between Warner Bros. Records and producer Mike Curb to release his productions. The label was active between 1972 and 1983. In 1983, it folded into Curb Records....
- Warner Music AustralasiaWarner Music AustralasiaWarner Music Australasia is the Australian division of the Warner Music Group. The company's operations also include distribution to New Zealand.-History:In 1969, Warner Bros...
- Warner Music CanadaWarner Music CanadaWarner Music Canada is the Canadian division of Warner Music Group. The label previously operated as WEA Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of WEA International, which later changed its name to Warner Music International in 1990. It was founded in 1967 as Warner Reprise Canada Ltd...
- Warner-Spector RecordsWarner-Spector RecordsWarner-Spector Records was a record label formed on October 12, 1974 as an outlet for Phil Spector productions by Warner Bros. Records. The label lasted for three years...
See also
- IrneriusIrneriusIrnerius , sometimes referred to as lucerna juris , was an Italian jurist, and founder of the School of Glossators and thus of the tradition of Medieval Roman Law....
(sometimes referred to as Warnerius), an Italian jurist from the 11th century